Paper-scale



(No Model.)

W. W. DODGE.

PAPER SCALE.

No. 593,927. Patented Nov. 16,1897.

, haven/0W W rW UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM W. DODGE, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

PAPER-SCALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,927, dated November16, 1897. Application filed December 9, 1896. Serial No. 615,067. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it nmty concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. DODGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Weighing-Scale Attachmentsfor Pencils and Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in scales in which an upright rodattachable to a pencil or penholder and a foldable crossbeam or lever,whereon is a graded scale indicating weight, can be turned on its pivotparallel with the upright rod and be placed in a tubular cover closed atone end and of a fixed heft,which cover is also used as a weight; andthe object of my invention is to provide a simple paper-scale for whichthe weight is used as a sheath or cover. I attain this by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is theupright rod of the scales attachable to a pencil or penholder. Fig. 2 isa foldable lever or cross-beam. Fig. 3 is the tubular sheath or cover,which is also used as a weight. Fig. 4 is a view of the scales inoperation. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of my invention when folded andplaced in the cover or sheath.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a pencil or penholder, to which, by means of a cap 13, an uprightrod 0 is attached. The rod 0 has the projecting pivot or knifeedge f.

D is a beam provided with the perforation g, by means of which this beamis pivoted upon the projection f, thereby dividing the beam D into asmall and a longer arm of a lever. The small arm of beam D has at itsextremity the pointed curved hook g. The longer arm of beam D ispreferably foldable at h, as indicated in the drawings. Upon the longerarm of beam D is a scale indicated by notches in said beam.

E represents a tubular cover of a certain fixed weight. It is open at eand solid at e and is further provided with the eyelet c. This tubularcover is used as a weight in my scales when not used as a cover. The topof the cap B has preferably a screw-thread, and

there are also corresponding screw-threads in the open end e of thecover E.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The position of myapparatus when not in use is as indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings,wherein the cover E is secured over the top of cap B and wherein thelonger arm of beam D is folded upon itself, as shown. If I now desire touse my scales, I unscrew the cover E, bring the beam D at right angleswith the rod 0 on pivot f, extend or unfold the longer arm of beam D,and place the cap, by means of eyelet 6, upon the beam D. The substanceto be weighed is then fastened upon the hook g and then my scales areready for operation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. As anew article of manufacture, aweighing-scales attachment forpencils and other staffs comprising an attachable cap, a scaleleverpivotally and detachably connected to said cap and provided at one endwith a suitable retainer, and a hollow sheath or cover attachable tosaid cap and provided with means for slidably connecting said sheath orcover to the scale-lever, whereby said sheath or cover serves as thescale-balance when attached to the lever and as a means for inclosingthe scale-lever when the scale is dismantled, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a weighing-scales attachment forpencils or other staffs comprising a cap attachable to a staff, asectional, foldable scale-lever detachably attached to said cap, and aweighted sheath or cover having means for slidably attaching the same tothe scale-lever and constructed for attachment to the cap, for thepurposes described, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a threaded cap 13, a rod 0 rigid with said cap andprovided with the pivot f, a foldable scale-lever having an opening g toreceive the pivot f, and a weighted cover or sheath E threaded at itsopen end for attachment to the cap and provided with a hook e to suspendsaid cover from the scale-lever, as and for the purposes described.

WILLIAM WV. DODGE.

Witnesses:

J. J. LITTLE, MARTHA LANE.

